16. Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king.
17. King Amaziah of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
18. Everything else that Amaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
19. There was a plot in Jerusalem to assassinate Amaziah, so he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him.
20. His body was carried back to Jerusalem on a horse and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City.
21. The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king.
22. Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.